Tag: Cut Marks

13,000-year-old animal remains with cut marks are the oldest evidence of prehistoric human activity in Ohio.
"This research provides the first scientific evidence for hunting or scavenging of Ice Age sloth in North America," said Redmond. "The significant age of the remains makes them the oldest evidence of prehistoric human activity

Controversy is brewing around cut marks found on 3.4 million-year-old bones. The claim is that they were not made by strone tools, but rather caused by trampling. In the current Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, a team led by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo of Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid, examines the